Trump was asked to run for president because he has the cahones, the brains, and he created THE PLAN. He was asked to run by Naval Intel after he showed them the plan.
Trump was mentored by that dude Cohen, forget his first name, was biggly involved in the McCarthy hearings, knew who all the commies were (are), also close buds with Nixon, Trumps a shmoozer who figured it all out without getting corrupted. He paid attention and put all the pieces together himself. IMHO
A plan this big needs a mastermind and it's President Donald J. Trump.
I don't think so, I think the patriots layed low and did their best to stay alive and make small changes but they needed a great man to pull it off. Trump may have been groomed to be that man, fed the info and kept on the straight and narrow, but he had to want to do it, and he has the knowledge of all the players. Of course he had help but I believe he is the one who devised the plan, out of sheer will power and faith.